Hose-supporter hook.



No. 7|s.4|a. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

14. a. HAMMOND.

HOSE SUPPORTER HOOK.

[Application filed July 1, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MYRON B. HAMMOND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPORTER HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,413, dated December23, 1902.

Application filed July 1, 1902. Serial No. 113,987. No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON B. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHose-Supporter Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to hose supporter hooks, such as are adapted to beconnected with the corset-clasp element, while from the bottom of thehooks the usual stocking-engaging members are supended.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction which may beattached directly to the loop of the corset-clasp without the use of anyflanges or hooks which extend behind the corset-husk.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, such as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically be designated by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figure 1 is a front elevation showing my improvement as it appears whenattached to the loop of the corsetclasp. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation ofthat form of my improvement which is shown at Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a sectionat the line so as of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a front elevation showing amodified form of my improvement as it appears when attached to the loopof a corset-clasp; Fig. 5, a section at the line y y of Fig. 4:, andFig. 6 a broken front elevation illustrating the edge of a corset withits projecting corset-clasp loop.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts inthe several figuresof the drawings.

The flat metal plate 4 is made of resilient metal and is cut away nearits upper end in order to provide an elongated opening, as shown at 7,for the purpose presently to be explained.

The hooks 6 in connection with the stock of the plate adjacent to thecut-away portion 5 form sockets, and when the device is applied to theloop of the corset-clasp said sockets will snugly slide along the upperand lower edges of the loop, so as to embrace the latter firmly, whilethe main body portion 4 will thereby be forced across the busk, so as tobear thereon with considerable friction until the protuberances a,formed by the rivets which secure the loop to the busk, are broughtwithin said slot. When the plate 4 is initially forced onto the busk,said plate will be slightly elevated against its resilience by theprotuberances a; but the plate will assume its normal position flatagainst the busk when said protuberances have entered the slot 7, andthe device will thereby be securely attached to the busk.

I do not wish to be understood as laying any claim whatever to aconstruction which employs hooks for grasping the loop along the upperand lower edges, but which does not contemplate a resilient body portionfor exerting a grip against the corset-husk, since I consider that thisbody portion,provided with the slot, as aforesaid, is an essentialfeature of my invention and that the hooks must be formed upon a lateralextension from said body.

I have shown the bottom of the plate provided with an elongated slot 8,through which the stocking engaging webbing may be passed; but there arevery .many ways in which the hook element may be connected with thestocking-engaging members proper, and I therefore do not wish to belimited in this respect. 7

Instead of cutting away the lateral extension, as shown at 5 in Fig. 2,an opening 9 may be out within the extension, which opening correspondsin all respects with the eye 3 of the loop, as shown at Fig. 4, and theedges of the stock of the plate may be bent rearwardly to form hooks 10,which are parallel with the plate, as shown at Fig. 5. This modifiedform of my improvement is applied to the corset in precisely the sameway as the construction shown at Fig. 2, and the opening 9 u willregister with the eye 3 when the parts are in proper position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A hose-supporter hook consisting of a flat resilient metal plate whichis extended laterally at one edge near the top, said extension providedwith hook elements adapted to en- Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN.

